Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-03-08

?. hiNdsLEY gave his second
lecture on dsncing last Sunday eve.
ming, and talked to . full house. as
usual. Mr.. Kingsley is always fortu-
nate in never being confronted BY
empty benches. His lecture last
Sunday evening was more interesting
and pointed than his FIRST one on the
same subject. A portion of his argu-
ments showed great exaggeration
OF facts, and part wholly imagina-
tive, the imaginative being mostly
quotations from works of divines,
who, having never INDUCED in the
art Terpsichorean, drew solely from
the imagination. or, if they ever bad
danced, purposely misrepresented.
Mr.. Kingsley has never ,ndulged in
the dance, and therefore his exagger-
ations can be overlooked. To those
who know, from actual experience,
and will bear witness to the fact that
immortality is just as aconspicuously
absent" or more so, in dance as in
a church sociable or other social
gathering, portions OF the lecture
were more amusing than impressive.
Mr.. K. made the argument that the
dance was for the purpose of gather
ing together the boys and girls for a
good time through mingllng Of
the opposite sexes, and that this was
almost the whole sum and substance
.of the attraction of the ballroom.
THIS is true Of the dance just to the
same extent as of other gatherings.
But take away music, and see how
fiat dancing would become. 1t would
cease to be, and the boys and girls
would engage in some other kind of
amusement, less refined, for the ten
dency of music is not to debase, but
to refine the sentiments. There was
a time, not very far back, when d.
vines were opposed to music, and
they held up their hands in holy hor-
ror at the sight of an organ, that
mellow, soft-toned instrument that is
now considered one of the indispen-
sables of church service. Mr.. Kings
lev stated that the church could not
"compromise with the world" without
injuring itself. The church, we will
venture the assertion, has in many
instances, not only compromised, bu,
accepted wholly the worlds views
THAT is the views of those outside oil
the churches) and been benefited
thereby. The church very frequently
takes the wrong view of things as
we'll as those outside. Not many
years ago very devout and we'll
meaning Christians sincerely believed
that the old roaster of the lowel
regions himself resided, existed
, breathed and had his being in an or
gan as we'll as other instruments o
music. But that highly imaginative
fallacv has ceased to be, and the dev
/ il himself, with his long tail ane
fierce horns and his unquenchabl,
t roasting furnace for erring humanity
and his long handled, two-tined
sharp pointed, ng-handled fork TO
!, stirring up the ever-roasting human
e. beings, and his observation-disclosures
Q supply of birthstone for roasting fuel
t are now almost universally regarded
+ as creations of the imagination, ant
e any reference to Old Nick and hi
furnace, or a hint that he still con
tinues business at the old stano
i causes an audible smile to sprea
u through a congregation, and tn
o speaker generally looks silly an
t turns it off as kind OF joke. Tn
: church compromised with the worl
o and slew the horned roaster with tn
: long tail, and slew him with the heav
), club of general enlightenment, an
IL put out his fire with the quenchin
'e waters of ridicule. The world
'f sometimes ahead of the church. Th
world has worked wonders as well 1
s. the church, and is not to be sneeze
At at. The most liberal, enlightene'
< and free government that ever e.
" listed was founded by the "world
$, not by any church. Neither ca
ID claim a monopoly of correct views c
ID matters either temporal or spiritus
10 Mr.. Kingsley made many goc
X points in his lecture, and it was el
it. pertaining, notwithstanding he mac
several assertions that will not be
the crucial test of criticism. Eve
one is entitled to his opinions, and
;. hearing. This was gracefully a
corded to Mr.. Kingsley and his lee